Improvement in coffee-pots



W. J. MILLER.

. Coffee Pot.

No. 111.861. Patented Feb. 14, 1871.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. 0 c.

WATSON J. MILLER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SIMONS & MILLER, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 111,861, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT'IN COFFEE-POTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WATSON J. MILLER, of Middletown, in'the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Coffee- Pots; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents in- Figure 1 'a vertical central section of the pot as in use;

Figure 2, a vertical central section of thepot with the cylinder removed; and in Figure 3, a vertical central section of the cylinder removed. v

This invention relates to an improvement in' pots designed for making tea or coffee, and for like purposes, and which herein I term colfee-po'ts, by that title being understood to embrace all purposes to which such vessels are usually adapted.

' My invention consists in the arrangement of acylinder within the body of the pot 'so as to be removed therefrom, and to form a chamber between the outer surface of the said cylinder and the potproper, as also beneath the cylinder, intowhich space the water is placed to boil, and the cylinder arranged to receive the tea or cofi'ee, and water for'cookiug the same, the steeping or cooking within the cylinder being caused by boiling the water in the chamber around the cylinder, and the said cylinder provided with a'valvei'ir or near the bottom, so that, when the cooking or steep- 1 ing is performed, the contents of the cylinder may be drawn into the pot proper, to mingle-with the boiling water, thence to be poured from the spout of the pot in the usual manner. I,

A is the pot, externally of common construction, provided with a spout, B, through which the contents of the pot are poured ofi'.

C is the cylinder, shown detached in fig. 3, formed to set into the pot, and supported at the top by a flange, a, or otherwise, and of a depth and size to leave a space beneath and around the said cylinder, as seen in fig. 1.

In or near the bottom of the cylinder C I arrange a valve, (1, which closes tight the opening into which it is fitted, and over this valve I arrange a network, I), the purpose of which is more fully hereafter described.

To operate the valve I extend a rod, E, up to or near the top of the cylinder, as seen in fig. 3, so that, by drawing up on the said rod,- the valve will be raised as denoted in broken lines, fig. 1.

This completes the construction of the pot. The operation is as follows: v I Pour water into the pot, from which the cylinder hasbeen removed, until the requisite quantity for boiling is introduced, here denoted by the line b then set the cylinder into the pot, and into the cylinder place the tea or coffee, or whatever may be desired to steep, and onto this pour the requisite quantity of water, here denoted by the line,- a then set the pot into position a: boiling, and the water around the cylinder boils li'eely until the material within the cylinder is thoroughly-cooked or steeped.

The valve j; which closes the spout, serves as a safety-valve, through which the steam, beyond a certain pressure, may escape. v

- The water within the cylinder will not boil, but will be heated and retain heat suflicient to steep the ma-- terial mingled with it, and from 'the cylinder none of the aroma canescap'e, the cover closing the top.

It should be observed that, infilliug both the pot and cylinder, the total amount of water in both should be only so much as is finally to be required for the desired strength of the decoction,

After the steeping or cooking is effected open the cover, as in fig. 1, take hold of and raise the rodE, thereby opening the valve in the bottom, and gradually raise the cylinder from the pot, allowing the impregnated water in the cylinder to pass through the valve-opening and mingle with the water in the pot, the network B preventing the escape of anything except in a fluid state. Take this cylinder entirely from the pot and the tea or coii'eeis ready for use, to be poured oil in the usual manner.

j I claim as my invention-.

1. In combination with the pot A, the closed removable cylinder 0, arranged within the pot to form a space around and beneath the cylinder, substantially as set forth. r

2. In combination with the pot A, the removable cylinder C arranged within the pot as described, and provided with the valve (1, as and for the purposedescribed.

WATSON J. MILLER.

Witnesses HENRY J. HEARING. EDWARD M. TUTTLE. 

